I have always liked this race. DRC does a great job. Challenging course. The first 3 miles are pretty flat and fast, albeit very crowded. The hills start at about 3 and go till about 6. The neighborhoods around the lake are crazy hilly. It's where all the cyclist go to get their hill trainings done. Once we hit the lake, and deal with the uphill on the spillway it gets flat for the rest of the run.

Stuck with the 4:1 until mile 10 when I ran the rest of the way with one walk through an aid station at mile 11 to take a gel.

I had zero expectations with this and had figured I would finish in the 2:40's so I was most happy to come in at 2:29.

Before I signed up for the Austin full, my goal was to PR this race and then PR WR and then Cowtown. Now that my training plan is changed to prepare for the full today was just a training day. Very happy with the execution. Glad I went with the short sleeves and skirt. It got hot out there.

Moment of the day...I told Steve to expect me to finish in the 2:40 range. We had a meeting spot set up in case for some reason I did not see him at the finish. Comng down the road to the finish, I did not see him. Crossed, got water and my medal and went to look if he was at the meeting spot. Nope, not there. Walked over to the road to see if maybe I missed him and I saw him there. His back was to me so I walked up behind him. He looked at his watched and I said "She should be finishing soon". The look on his face was priceless! He had not seem me cross. Shannon had a tough race as she was battling a resperatory infection.

Went to Cafe Brazil for a great breakfast and then nothing for the rest of the day.


Nothing. Was happy with the preformance. It really lets me know that there is so much untapped potential.


DRC does a great job. The neon pink shirts are great. Probably the nicests medal I have ever gotten, even nicer than my IM medal. Plenty of aid stations all well stocked with water and Powerade.